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Thursday, 29 May 2014

Radio rally Jutberg (Laag-Soeren)

PE1BVQ Hans, my most loyal blog reader invited me to join him on a trip to a radio rally in the center of the Netherlands. Hans is having a vacation with his XYL here in the north so I could easily reach him and we could make the trip together. It was a nice drive and we had enough to talk about so the distanced seemed to be a bit shorter. Unfortunately the weather was not to good and we arrived in a bit of rain and cold wind. Of course that didn't bother us too much and we enjoyed the market a lot. It had been a long time that I attended a radio rally. It was not my intention to buy anything. Hans bought me a very small SWR meter (future mW meter project?), thanks Hans. Of course I couldn'r resist, I have a weakness for CB radios. I bought a 1979 Universum CB handheld, it has 6 channels AM. It was sold for the price of the build on telescopic antenna and surprisingly had good AA batteries in it so it was usable! I also bought a set 2 Stabo BETA NL handhelds in mint condition, that brings my BETA NL collection total at 4 ;-). After a good cup of warm coffee and some dutch frites we made the trip back. Thanks for the nice day Hans. I hope I can do something for you in return some day!